KIRENDER SARKAR Vs. STATE OF ASSAM

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Leave granted.

(2.) Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of a learned Single Judge of the Guwahati High Court, dismissing the appeals so far as appellants are concerned while directing acquittal of some of the co-accused persons. Eighteen persons faced trial out of which nine were acquitted by the trial Court and the High Court. One of the accused persons died during the trial and seven accused persons, the present appellants were convicted for offence punishable under Sections 147, 448 and 323 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (in short the IPC ) and were sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for one year, six months and 3 months respectively.

(3.) Prosecution version in a nutshell is as follows: